Three Sides of the Coin – A KISS Podcast and Radio Show
Michael Brandvold, Tommy Sommers, Mark Cicchini and Lisa Martini
100 episodes
5 days ago
Since launching Three Sides of the Coin has been viewed or listened to over 7,000,000 times. Three Sides of the Coin has been joined by special guests including former KISS lead guitarist Bruce Kulick, the Black Veil Brides' Andy Biersack, Frank Munoz associate producer for Ace Frehley's Anomaly album, award winning songwriter Adam Mitchell, Ed Kanon (Peter Criss' drum tech), and Kevin Valentine (drummer on KISS' Psycho Circus album). Three Sides of the Coin was recently picked (October 2013) as a 'What's Hot' podcast by Apple's iTunes.
In the early '90s, Michael Brandvold launched the fifth ever website on the Internet devoted to KISS, KISS Otaku. He built, launched and maintained Kissonline.com (KISS' official web presence). He now owns Michael Brandvold Marketing, providing providing marketing services and digital strategy to musicians. Tommy Sommers spent 15 years on the record show circuit collecting, trading and selling memorabilia / Kiss merchandise. He is now a successful residential Real Estate agent in the Minneapolis / St. Paul area. Tommy has also produced a KISS song For The Oddfathers and is the owner of Rock Steady Digital Photography. Mark Cicchini, is a world renown KISS collector. KISS have used parts of Mark’s vast KISS collection for audio, video & print materials including their book NOTHIN TO LOSE, CD re release of the LOVE GUN album & the VH1 Ultimate Album KISS ALIVE! special as well as many other KISS projects. His wife also makes a mean meatloaf!!!
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Since launching Three Sides of the Coin has been viewed or listened to over 7,000,000 times. Three Sides of the Coin has been joined by special guests including former KISS lead guitarist Bruce Kulick, the Black Veil Brides' Andy Biersack, Frank Munoz associate producer for Ace Frehley's Anomaly album, award winning songwriter Adam Mitchell, Ed Kanon (Peter Criss' drum tech), and Kevin Valentine (drummer on KISS' Psycho Circus album). Three Sides of the Coin was recently picked (October 2013) as a 'What's Hot' podcast by Apple's iTunes.
In the early '90s, Michael Brandvold launched the fifth ever website on the Internet devoted to KISS, KISS Otaku. He built, launched and maintained Kissonline.com (KISS' official web presence). He now owns Michael Brandvold Marketing, providing providing marketing services and digital strategy to musicians. Tommy Sommers spent 15 years on the record show circuit collecting, trading and selling memorabilia / Kiss merchandise. He is now a successful residential Real Estate agent in the Minneapolis / St. Paul area. Tommy has also produced a KISS song For The Oddfathers and is the owner of Rock Steady Digital Photography. Mark Cicchini, is a world renown KISS collector. KISS have used parts of Mark’s vast KISS collection for audio, video & print materials including their book NOTHIN TO LOSE, CD re release of the LOVE GUN album & the VH1 Ultimate Album KISS ALIVE! special as well as many other KISS projects. His wife also makes a mean meatloaf!!!
Episode 620. So much KISS discussion with Joey Cassata. Running through all discussion is Joey’s new book The Order of The Rose. But, we immediately get sidetracked with a 10 year look book at Ros Radley’s promised and never delivered book Magic. Along the way Joey makes a claim he is a better drummer than […]
Episode 619. Pyro John Watkins first appeared on Three Sides in 2019 to just share his many stories or the many bands he toured with doing pyro, including KISS on the Dynasty, Hot In The Shade and Revenge tours. Today John is back to promote his brand new book, Don’t You Know Who I Think […]
Episode 618. Izzy and Lisa are back this week and frankly I can’t even remember what we talked about. But I think most will agree this show sucked bad, lol! Press requests please contact Michael Brandvold at www.michaelbrandvold.com Since launching in 2012 Three Sides of the Coin has been viewed or listened to over 6,000,000 […]
Episode 617. Michael and Mark share their thoughts and review of the new KISS Off The Soundboard from the 1985 Asylum tour. It is great to finally have a live show with Bruce Kulick and Eric Carr. It is great to have the Asylum tour represented. We are glad to have purchased this release, but… […]
Episode 615. Guitarist Jack Starr joins us to share his stories of auditioning to replace Ace Frehley. The phone calls from Bill Aucoin, his friendship with Eric Carr and playing a album Eric produced, Gene Simmons and Eric Carr coming out to see him perform with his band Virgin Steele and the advice Gene gave […]
Episode 616. The private KISS collection of John Humphrey, best known as the drummer for Seether is being auctioned by Backstage Auctions. John joins Tommy and Mark to talk about his collection and why he is selling it. In KISS inner circles, John is regarded as one of the key memorabilia collectors, often appearing in […]
Episode 614. CELEBRATING 50 YEARS OF KISS ARMY WITH THE HOTTEST FAN FESTIVAL LAS VEGAS HAS EVER SEEN We have some questions and we have some updates. But, where are Eric Singer and Tommy Thayer? Who is in KISS? 50 years ago in Terre Haute, Indiana, a small group of fans lit the spark that […]
Episode 613. Mark is primed and ready, we put a quarter in him and let him go. Plus, updates on the ever changing KISS Asylum tour Off The Soundboard… where you can purchase the CD and the merch featuring only Gene and Paul are pulled. Pophouse is listening and reacting. Purchase the CD at: https://www.cdjapan.co.jp/product/UICY-80591 […]
Episode 612. Mark talks all about his trip to Las Vegas, hanging to some longtime KISS friends, seeing Eric Singer, Tommy Thayer and Bruce Kulick. And… he answers and we discuss the new KISS Asylum Off The Soundboard… will there be a CD version? Will there be black vinyl? Why are Bruce Kulick and Eric […]
Episode 611. Sebastian Bach joins Three Sides of the Coin this week and what great conversation! It is all KISS, with a little Van Halen thrown in. Baz starts by showing us one of his Gene Simmons Gargoyles. He shares many stories, including how Gene called him to be in a film called Crash and […]
Episode 610. This week we discuss the Dressed To Kill NYC audio tour. COMING SOON! DRESSED TO KILL 50TH ANNIVERSARY: BRAND NEW KISS AUDIO TOUR IN NEW YORK AND ONLINE On March 22nd, KISS will be celebrating the 50th Anniversary of their iconic Dressed To Kill album in New York City with a never before […]
Episode 609. Our reaction to the new KISS Strutter gold records… holy crap! $50,000 for a solid gold records. We didn’t see this one coming! KISS, proudly present “Strutter” on a limited-edition, playable gold records in honor of 50 years of the single available now. KISS partners with Precious Sound to produce two versions—the ultra-rare […]
Episode 608. Ken Nardi is back, this time talking about his reimagined Music From The Elder. This new release is the Music From The Elder the KISS Army has always wanted to hear. This is a TRUE concept album now! Ken has expanded The Elder to two discs and he didn’t just work on the […]
Episode 607. Mark takes the time this week to discuss at bit more about the cool things coming from KISS this year. Two box sets, more Off The Soundboard recordings. The machine is cranking back up are you ready for some incredibly cool and surprising releases? Press requests please contact Michael Brandvold at www.michaelbrandvold.com Since […]
Episode 606. Javier Rueda and Mauricio Vázquez from KISS Army Spain join us to talk about their amazing book LAST KISS AT THE GARDEN, DECEMBER 1 & 2, 2023 This new book complements the one they did back in 2021: KISS DESTROYS MADISON SQUARE GARDEN, 1977-2019. After more than 250 shows on their seemingly never […]
Episode 605. We react to another vintage review. This week it is a review of Music From The Elder in Sounds, reviewed by Geoff Barton. The review is very gushing with love, but it does recognize that it may result in career suicide. Please… we do NOT want your review of The Elder, we want […]
Episode 604. This week we read and react to a 1980 Sounds review of Peter Criss’ solo album Out Of Control. But… as we discuss the review and what happened , or why nothing happened, to the album and Peter Mark reveals and shares some documents from Peter’s team talking about playing live. What solo […]
Episode 603. This week we discuss a post in the Three Sides of the Coin Facebook Group The post is a Heavy Metal chart from Sounds magazine, May 9, 1981. Boy did it open a can of worms… so much debate about bands on this list not being heavy metal. Well, what is heavy metal? […]
Episode 602. NME January 15, 1977 KISS Rock And Roll Over (Casablanca Import) MUCH, MUCH against my better nature I must admit to having had quite a laugh listening to this one. Kiss however are pushing themselves into amusingly ghastly quarters in the numbered vault. Once considered the very crust of hopeful predictions of outlasted […]
Episode 601. We answer more of your questions this week. Tommy is nearly fired, again. And Lisa reveals she was filmed for an episode of Gene Simmons Family Jewels that never aired. Forget the haters, we won! Press requests please contact Michael Brandvold at www.michaelbrandvold.com Since launching in 2012 Three Sides of the Coin has […]
Three Sides of the Coin – A KISS Podcast and Radio Show
Since launching Three Sides of the Coin has been viewed or listened to over 7,000,000 times. Three Sides of the Coin has been joined by special guests including former KISS lead guitarist Bruce Kulick, the Black Veil Brides' Andy Biersack, Frank Munoz associate producer for Ace Frehley's Anomaly album, award winning songwriter Adam Mitchell, Ed Kanon (Peter Criss' drum tech), and Kevin Valentine (drummer on KISS' Psycho Circus album). Three Sides of the Coin was recently picked (October 2013) as a 'What's Hot' podcast by Apple's iTunes.
In the early '90s, Michael Brandvold launched the fifth ever website on the Internet devoted to KISS, KISS Otaku. He built, launched and maintained Kissonline.com (KISS' official web presence). He now owns Michael Brandvold Marketing, providing providing marketing services and digital strategy to musicians. Tommy Sommers spent 15 years on the record show circuit collecting, trading and selling memorabilia / Kiss merchandise. He is now a successful residential Real Estate agent in the Minneapolis / St. Paul area. Tommy has also produced a KISS song For The Oddfathers and is the owner of Rock Steady Digital Photography. Mark Cicchini, is a world renown KISS collector. KISS have used parts of Mark’s vast KISS collection for audio, video & print materials including their book NOTHIN TO LOSE, CD re release of the LOVE GUN album & the VH1 Ultimate Album KISS ALIVE! special as well as many other KISS projects. His wife also makes a mean meatloaf!!!
